Putman v. Wenatchee Valley Medical Center

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Washington’s certificate-of-merit requirement violated the Washington constitution because it unduly burdened the right of access to the courts and violated the separation of powers doctrine
• holding that medical malpractice claims are not special proceedings exempt from the civil rules
• invalidating 7.70.150 as violating the Washington constitution by unduly burdening the right of access to courts and jeopardizing the separation of powers between the legislature and judiciary
• requirement that plaintiff file certificate of merit from medical expert with pleadings as precondition to filing medical malpractice lawsuit unconstitutional

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